Diseases
Orondis Opti fungicide now registered in premix formulation
Syngenta announced that Orondis Opti fungicide premix is now registered and approved for use on specialty and vegetable crops by the U.S. Environment... more »
New disease crosses the Atlantic
Soon after their spuds were planted in 2014, some growers in the northeastern United States knew they had a problem. Much of the crop didn’t even... more »
Growers: It’s time to start crop protection planning for 2017
{Sponsored} It’s never too early to start thinking about the 2017 season. “With the large number of acres that growers are farming now, early c... more »
USDA awards $9.4M for pest management research
The USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded $9.4 million to support 25 research and outreach projects that will help mitigate ... more »
MAJESTENE bionematicide receives California approval
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) has approved Marrone Bio Innovations' (MBI) bionematicide, MAJESTENE. The bionematicide is a b... more »
BioConsortia raises $12M for multi-microbe product development
BioConsortia has raised this year a total of $12 million for future growth. Last week, BioConsortia closed an $8 million equity round of investment f... more »
eSpudman November 2016 Industry Spotlight
Pamela J.S. Hutchinson, a potato cropping weed scientist at the ... watch »
FMC seeks registration for new fungicide active ingredient
FMC Agricultural Solutions has begun the joint U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Canadian Pest Management Regulatory Agency registration proces... more »
North Dakota potato research grants top $480,000
Twenty-seven grants totaling over $2.3 million were recently awarded to promote the development, cultivation, production and sales of specialty crops ... more »
Renewed registration issued for products containing sulfoxaflor
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) re-established the registration of products containing sulfoxaflor (Isoclast Active), including Transfo... more »
